Jamel Amer

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Ministers and
officials representing some 20 Western and Arab governments and international
financial institutions declared themselves “friends of Yemen” during last week’s closed-door meeting in
London to address threats posed by Al-Qaeda in Yemen, according
to news reports. Participants,
including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, offered assurances that
the international community, in addition to providing military cooperation, would
work with the Yemeni government to promote human rights and build democratic
institutions. But skeptics fear this publicized “friendship” will also provide an
opportunity for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to intensify his attacks on
political dissent and independent journalism.